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Tennessee’s chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) filed suit, and others hinted at further legal challenges, on May 7 over Tennessee’s newly enacted congressional map, which redraws Memphis into three districts and ends what…

President Donald Trump delivers remarks in the White House Rose Garden at 12 p.m. ET on May 8.

The Virginia Supreme Court has struck down a congressional redistricting map approved by voters in a referendum last month, ruling that the Democratic-controlled Legislature failed to follow constitutional procedures when advancing the measure. The proposed map would likely have favored…

The Department of State announced on May 7 that it would revoke the U.S. passports of parents who are significantly behind on child support payments. The department said it would work with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)…

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on the late afternoon of May 7.

The House Education and Workforce Committee holds a hearing, “Protecting Workers and Powering America: The Future of Mining,” at 9:15 a.m. ET on May 8. ...

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass faced intense scrutiny in a televised debate for her actions before, during, and after last year’s catastrophic fires that left about 30 people dead and destroyed thousands of homes. The May 6 debate hosted by…

The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent landmark ruling on redistricting has prompted lawmakers in multiple states to reconsider their electoral maps ahead of the 2026 midterms. The decision, issued on April 29, focused on a congressional map that Louisiana drew after…

About a year after dropping out of the Ohio Republican gubernatorial primary, Attorney General Dave Yost announced his resignation on May 7 to take a position in the private sector. “I begin a new chapter June 8 as VP of…

Clarence Thomas, 77, became the second-longest serving U.S. Supreme Court justice in history on May 7. Sworn in Oct. 23, 1991, Thomas has now served 34 years, 6 months, and 13 days, surpassing the previous second-place record holder, Justice Stephen…

A bipartisan group of U.S. senators has called for stability and closer cooperation with China during meetings in Beijing one week before President Donald Trump’s planned summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on May 14 and 15. Sen. Steve Daines,…

President Donald Trump said Thursday he warned the European Union it must follow through on what he described as a trade agreement reached in Scotland or face sharply higher tariffs from the United States. In a post on Truth Social,…

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio landed in Italy on Wednesday for a three-day mission aimed partly at resetting relations with the Holy See and repairing the cooling political bond between the Trump administration and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.…

A 15-year-old Alabama boy with stage 4 bone cancer has started what his family hopes will be a life-saving treatment in Southern California after pleading for help from the Trump administration in a viral video. Will Roberts has been fighting…

White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles is honored with the Barbara K. Olson Woman of Valor Award at the Independent Women’s 19th Awards Gala in Washington at 6:30 p.m. ET on May 7. ...

Texas Gov. Gregg Abbott on Thursday directed his state’s Higher Education Coordinating Board to issue a cease-and-desist order for a Muslim university that he says has zero credentials or permissions for providing academic instruction and awarding degrees. The school, Texas…

The U.S. Court of International Trade on May 7 struck down President Donald Trump’s 10-percent global tariffs under the Trade Act of 1974. The court ruled 2–1 in favor of small businesses that contested the tariffs, which had taken effect…

Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) on Thursday published a Washington Post column defending his bipartisan record while declaring himself a Democrat with no plans to leave the party.  Titled “Become a Republican? I’d be terrible,” the column lands days after a…

WASHINGTON—A federal appeals court on May 7 seemed to side with Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) in his First Amendment suit against Secretary of War Pete Hegseth. Kelly, a veteran of the U.S. Navy, appeared in a video last November with…

Democrats remain narrowly favored to win the House majority in November despite Florida Republicans’ newly enacted congressional map, according to a leading nonpartisan election forecaster—though further redistricting moves in states like Tennessee, South Carolina, and Louisiana could erase that edge.…